By a margin of 48 to 43 percent, voters say Republicans would do a better job than Democrats dealing with the economy. The economy is the most important issue to voters, with 89 percent of registered voters rating it as...

Paul Paucar (L-R), Homero Paucar, Giovanny Paucar and Ivonne Cucalon sit with, Jessica Adames, an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors as they try to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at a store setup in the Mall of Americas on March 20, 2014 in Miami, Florida.

About 53 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul four years after he signed it into law. That compares with 41 percent who approve of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Pew Research...

If there is one palpable state of the union heading into President Barack Obama’s annual address before a joint session of Congress, that state is great uncertainty. More pointedly, a lack of confidence in leadership of all stripes. Just 37...

“Mission Accomplished.” It can be a treacherous declaration, in the political sphere, if it’s proven wrong. Today, the healthcare.gov website that is supposed to serve as the Internet portal to health insurance for millions of Americans lacking it can accommodate...

Updated at 10:18 am EDT The war on Obamacare goes on: With word about September’s employment gains out this morning — word delayed by the 16-day partial government shutdown over a Republican bid to block the president’s health-care program —...

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, in which the 12 regional banks periodically take the pulse of how businesses in their districts are faring, is full of “uncertainty.” The word shows up 17 times in today’s report, the same amount as...

Updated at 9:55 am through 11 pm EDT Come on back to work, the White House says. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said after congressional approval of a fiscal deal ending the 16-day partial...

Updated at 9:39 am through 5:53 pm EDT With David Lerman reporting from the Pentagon The House’s Republicans have come up with another non-starter in the stalled budget talks with the Democratic-run Senate. The White House says President Barack Obama...

Updated at 8:50 and 11 am and 3:40 pm EDT With Sam Kussin-Shoptaw reporting from the Senate Pigs may not fly, but planes will. That’s if the federal government is forced to “shut down” as a result of the brinkmanship...

Updated at 4:18 pm EDT Americans for Prosperity, the nonprofit with ties to billionaire energy executives Charles and David Koch, is spending $3 million on advertising in six states to oppose President Barack Obama’s new health-care law. The ad features an...